Railway-tie



.PATENTBD SEPT. 20, 1904.

J. A. MARKLI.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1904.

NO MODEL.

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Witnesses m7 Patented September 20, 1904.

PATENT QFFIQE.

JAMES A. MARKLI, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,690, dated September 20, 1904.

Application filed January '7, 1904.

To all whom, it may concern.-

- Be it known that I, JAMES A. MARKLI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of (labell and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' My invention is an improved combined railway-tie and chairs adapted for rigidly securing the rails in place and for holding the same against liability of spreading or other accident; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis partly a side elevation and partly a vertical longitudinal central sectional view of a railway-tie embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is partly a top plan view and partly a horizontal sectional view of the same, taken on the plane indicated by the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line I) 7) of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4: is a similar view taken on the plane indicated by the line 0 c of Fig. 1.

My improved railway-tie may be made of any suitable material. It is preferably made of malleable iron and constitutes a single casting. The tie is provided at its ends with heads 1, which serve to support the rails. The said heads are connected by a shank 2, which is here shown of tubular cylindrical form, but which in practice may be of any suitable construction. The diameter of the connecting-shank is very much reduced as compared with the width of the heads 1, whichenables a very material economy of material to be effected in the manufacture of the ties, and the provision of the heads, which support the rails, and the connecting-shank, which connects the heads together, prevents the central portion of the tie from being tamped by the workmen when laying a track. The heads may be tamped in the usual manner, as required. To further effect an economy of material in the construction of the tie, the heads Serial No. 188,078. (No model.)

1 thereof are also made hollow, as shown. Each head is provided at one end on its upper side with a shoulder 3, which is adapted to overlap and engage one side of a rail-base. Preferably the shoulders 3 are formed integrally with the heads and are of the form here shown. Each head is further provided in its sides with longitudinal recesses 4, which extend from end to end thereof, the upper sides of the said recesses extending to the upper sides of the heads on which the rails rest. In one end of each head is a longitudinal dovetailed recess 5, and near the opposite end of each head is a transverse opening 6, which extends entirely therethrough.

In connection with each head and tie I employ a longitudinally-movable and detachable rail-securing element 7, which is here shown as comprising a rail-base-engaging shoulder or device 8, having at its sides longitudinal bars 9, which are adapted to fit and slide in the recesses 4 of the head and provided at one end midway between the said bars with a dovetailed flange or shoulder 10, which is adapted to enter the dovetailed recess 5 of the head. The upper sides of the bars 9 are flush with the upper faces of the heads 1, on which the rails bear, so that the rails also bear directly on the said bars 9, and hence when a train is passing the weight thereof is communicated partly to the said bars 9, which materially assists in preventing movement of the rail-engaging shoulder or head 8. The said bars 9 are provided with openings 11, which register with the openings 6. In the said registering openings are placed wedge-keys 12, which serve to effectually prevent casual movement of the rail-engaging devices. To prevent casual displacement of the said wedgekeys 12, the latter are provided at their smaller ends with openings 13, in which are wedgeshaped draw-keys 14, which are, preferably split, as shown at 15, so that their lower split ends may be extended outwardly to prevent casual displacement thereof from the said openings.

In order to release the rail from the tie, it

is only necessary to withdraw the draw-key 1a to then withdraw the wedge-key 12, so as to release the movable rail-engaging device 7, and to then draw the latter from and free the rail. It will be understood that the dovetailed shoulder in coaction with the dovetailed recess 5, in which it is fitted, prevents any vertical movement of the device 7 and enables the latter to effectually resist any movement of the rail when a train is passing over it. Hence my improved railway-tie is adapted not only for the ordinary purposes of a tie, but also as means for securely fastening the rails thereto, so that the rails are prevented from spreading, moving toward each other, or moving upwardly out of engagement with the tie.

As shown in the drawings the rail-securing elements 7 are reversely disposed at the respective ends of the tie. I do not desire to limit myself to this arrangement, neither do I desire to limit myself to the construction and combination of devices herein shown and described, as modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A tie having means to engage one side of a rail-base and having longitudinal recesses, in combination with a movable rail-base-engaging element having bars slidable in the said tailed recess in its ends, between said longitudinal recesses, in combination with a movable rail baseengaging element having a dovetailed shoulder to enter said dovetailed recess and having longitudinal bars to enter said longitudinal recesses.

4:. A tie having means to engage one side of a rail-base and having a longitudinally-movable rail-base-engaging element provided with a bar, the upper side of the bar directly engaging the base of a rail and partly supporting the weight thereof, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. MARKLI. Witnesses:

J. W. GARNER, J. A. GRIESBAUER, Jr. 

